Golden Rankings, final regular season

Instead of our usual categories to go with the final regular season Golden Rankings, we offer up our 16 team playoff based on the rankings. The playoff includes champions from all 11 FBS conferences along with five at large teams, and is played on campus for the first three rounds. Only One change had to be made to avoid rematches, with #14 CMU switched with #13 West Virginia to avoid a WVU-Cinncy rematch.

#16 Troy (Sun Belt) at #1 Alabama (SEC)
#9 Ohio State (Big Ten) at #8 Oregon (Pac 10)

#13 Central Michigan (MAC) at #4 Cincinnati (Big East)
#12 Penn State (At-Large) at #5 Florida (At-Large)

#14 West Virginia (At-Large) at #3 TCU (Mountain West)
#11 Virginia Tech (At-Large) at #6 Boise State (WAC)

#15 East Carolina (CUSA) at #2 Texas (Big 12)
#10 Georgia Tech (ACC) at #7 Iowa (At-Large)